Govt reiterates CEB will not be privatised

The Cabinet of Ministers met yesterday to discuss the restructuring of the Power and Energy sector and proposals to restructure and develop the Ceylon Electricity Board as the Cabinet Paper of March 22,2005.

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Power pirates blacked out

The Ceylon Electricity Board Special Investigations Division in an all island joint operation with Police raided over 250 leading business locations and imposed fines amounting to Rs. 24.7 million within the first quarter of the 2005.

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Lightning rail strike

Thousands of commuters were inconvenienced yesterday as engine drivers launched a lightning go-slow campaign from the early hours of the morning.

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The Chinese car to be assembled and marketed in Sri Lanka.

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Chinese cars to be assembled in Sri Lanka

Wasana Tading (Pvt) Limited Ltd, Ja Ela has tied up with one of the leading Chinese Automobile Companies, Chongqing Chana Automobiles Co. Ltd, Jiangbei district, to put up a plant to assemble vans and motor bikes in Sri Lanka.

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Dwayne Bravo celebrating his century and Shivnarine Chanderpaul kissing the pitch in celebration of his century.

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Antigua Test yields Record centuries

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, May 3 (Reuters) Centuries by Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo helped break a world record on an otherwise dull fifth day of the drawn fourth and final test between South Africa and the West Indies on Tuesday.

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Govt reiterates CEB will not be privatised

Power pirates blacked out

Lightning rail strike

Fuel prices up

Man sentenced to 10 years for raping infant

Focus on maths, science and IT

President visits Sri Saddatissa Int'l Buddhist Centre

Wesak on grand scale at Bauddaloka Mawatha

Commonwealth Tourism Ministers pledge to use tourism to fight poverty

Joint press statement : Foreign office consultations between India and Sri Lanka

Lankan film for Cannes Film Festival

Foreign jobs will hit two million mark, says Athauda

Interim Committee SLC directed to maintain status quo

US assists in reducing drug abuse among Asian youth

Symposium on substance users' rehabilitation

Germany's CBM to assist in tsunami reconstruction

SC directs GSMB Director General to suspend all licences issued to clay and sand miners

Ceylon Teachers Travel Club is 50 years old

Tsunami relief and Eastern scene

Outgoing Diyawadana Nilame hand over keys

Ward Place heroin case : Prisons Commissioner ordered to produce medical report

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BUSINESS

Chinese cars to be assembled in Sri Lanka

SPORTS

Antigua Test yields Record centuries

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School admissions: Govt will not hesitate to do the right thing - Mangala

Chinese cars to be assembled in Sri Lanka

Sirimavo R.D. Bandaranaike : Martyr in the cause of truth, democracy and justice

Antigua Test yields Record centuries

Asian giants join forces to fight currency attacks